Unlock the Hidden Power of Narrative Point of View: Transform Your Storytelling Forever
First-person narration is frequently used in all genres of fiction and is especially common in the nonfiction categories of memoir and autobiography.
Second Person
Second-person narratives use second-person personal pronouns (you) to refer to other characters or the reader. These stories often feel like the narrator is talking to the reader as if the reader is the main character in story. We tend to see second-person point of view used mostly in instructions (“After you dip the apples in caramel, set them on wax paper to harden.”). This point of view is rarely used in storytelling. Bright Lights, Big City is one of the rare novels written in second person. Here’s an excerpt:
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